US4723436A - Process for calibrating a gas metering instrument - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a process of calibrating a gas metering instrument, in which a test chamber, before the introduction of the gas to be tested, is flushed with a flushing gas and subsequently filled with a calibrating gas having a predetermined composition of calibrating substance and carrier gas. Moreover, suitable equipment for implementing the process is described.
- a test chamber is filled over a test pipeline with the gas to be tested and the gas is analyzed in this test chamber.
- a flushing pipeline is connected, over suitable switching elements, to the test chamber. Through said flushing pipeline, ambient air is introduced as flushing gas into the test chamber.
- an additional calibrating gas pipeline is connected in a further step to the test chamber and the test chamber is disconnected from the pipeline carrying the flushing air, so that a calibrating gas of a particular composition flows through the calibrating gas pipeline into the test chmber.
- the calibrating gas pipeline is closed and the test chamber is connected to the test gas pipeline.
- the calibrating gas tank thaaht has to be provided must contain a supply of premixed calibrating gas in large volume.
- the gas pipelines must be flushed. This increases the consumption of calibrating gas and a corresponding amount must be made available.
- the preparation of the calibration gas of predetermined composition is expensive and it must moreover be made available in a careful manner. For example, care must be taken to ensure that, while the gas metering instrument is being used, the composition of the calibrating gas does not change. For example, a component of the calibrating gas may condense or otherwise be deposited in the pipelines and may not reach the test chamber. Consequently, stabilizers must be added to the calibrating gas under certain conditions or care must be taken to ensure that the tanks containing the calibrating gas are exchanged from time to time.
- a feed device of the invention introduces an amount of calibrating substance, specified by a control unit, from a reservoir into the test chamber, whereupon the calibrating substance is mixed with the flushing gas in the test chamber to form a calibrating gas of predetermined composition.
- the advantage of the invention is to be seen in that the calibrating gas is produced in the test chamber itself only when needed, as a result of which it becomes possible to store the calibrating substance in the form in which it is most stable, requires less space and can be transported advantageously.
- the calibration with the calibrating gas can be carried out simply without additional expenditure for pipelines and with the least consumption of calibrating substance.
- Equipment for implementing the process comprises a feed device, which is connected over a feed pipeline to a reservoir containing the calibrating substance and over a delivery pipeline to the test chamber. Such equipment brings the amount of calibrating substance required for the calibrating gas directly into the test chamber, in which it mixes with the flushing gas present there to form a calibrating gas of predetermined composition.
- the calibrating substance in the reservoir may comprise a stable, highly concentrated gas or, advantageously, also a liquid, which is introduced into the test chamber, in which it is vaporized.
- the vapor phase may also be introduced into the test chamber by the feed device.
- a metering pump is advantageously used.
- the time at which a calibrating substance is metered and the duration of the metering process are fixed by a control unit.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a process for calibrating a gas metering instrument having a test chamber, comprising passing a flushing gas through the metering chamber to flush the metering chamber before a gas is to be tested, introducing a selected amount of calibrating substance into the test chamber and mixing to form a mixture of flushing gas and calibrating substance in the test chamber which is used to calibrate the gas metering instrument before a gas is tested.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for performing this process.
- a still further object of this invention is to provide an apparatus for calibrating a gas metering instrument which is simple in design, rugged in construction and economical to manufacure.
- the block flow diagram of the equipment shows a test chamber 5, which has a gas inlet duct 12 and a gas outlet duct 13. In addition, it is connected to a delivery pipeline 7, over which the calibrating substance 4 is introduced by means of a feed device constructed as a metering pump 1 from the reservoir 2 through the feed pipeline 6 into the test chamber 5.
- a feed pump 8 with an outflow pipeline 17 is connected to the gas outlet duct 13.
- Metering pump 1 and feed pump 8 are connected to a control unit 3 over appropriate control leads 15 and 16.
- the test chamber 5 is provided with a heater 10, which is supplied with energy from a voltage source 11.
- the feed pump 8 is first of all operated over the contol unit 3 and the control lead 16, as a result of which the interior of the test chamber 5 is flushed with the amount of flushing air, flowing in through the connection tube 14, the filter 9 and the gas inlet duct 12.
- the feed pump 8 is switched off and the metering pump 1 is switched on by control unit 3 over control lead 15.
- a known amount of calibrating substance 4 determined by the length of time that the metering pump is switched on, which in turn is fixed by the control unit 3, is transported from the reservoir 2 through the feed pipeline 6 and the delivery pipeline 7 into the test chamber.
- calibrating gas of predetermined composition which is fixed by the ratio of the flushing gas to the calibrating substance.
- the mixing of calibrating substance 4 and flushing gas is fostered by the convection produced within the test chamber 5 by the heater 10, i.e. gas rises and circulates due to the heat at the bottom of chamber 5.
- the flushing substance may simply be filtered air.
- the calibration substance may be any appropriate substance for the equipment. For example, if the content of chlorine in a sample is to be tested by the equipment, the calibration substance can be liquid chlorine.
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US3618363A (en) * | 1969-04-08 | 1971-11-09 | Balzers Patent Beteilig Ag | Calibration arrangement for an apparatus for measuring the gas content of material |
US3948604A (en) * | 1974-01-02 | 1976-04-06 | Borg-Warner Corporation | Alcoholic breath simulation system |
DE2804288A1 (en) * | 1978-02-01 | 1979-08-02 | Sachs Systemtechnik Gmbh | Breath alcohol sensor calibration in closed circuit appts. - for cycling vapour produced by water alcohol mixture |
JPS57128840A (en) * | 1981-02-04 | 1982-08-10 | Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd | Calibration device of gas partial pressure sensor |
JPS57160056A (en) * | 1981-03-30 | 1982-10-02 | Yokogawa Hokushin Electric Corp | Dissolved oxygen meter |
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US4793173A (en) * | 1985-06-15 | 1988-12-27 | Dragerwerk Aktiengesellschaft | Process for calibrating a gas metering instrument |
US5060503A (en) * | 1990-02-08 | 1991-10-29 | Bacharach, Inc. | Test kit for gas detectors |
US5394730A (en) * | 1993-01-29 | 1995-03-07 | Eli Lily And Company | Method and apparatus for generating a vapor/gas mixture, and uses therefor |
US5493891A (en) * | 1993-11-19 | 1996-02-27 | Dragerwerk Ag | Test gas generator for calibrating gas meters |
US6376249B1 (en) * | 1997-07-07 | 2002-04-23 | Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Method for stabilizing low-concentration standard reference gas and low-concentration standard reference gas obtained by the same |
US6234001B1 (en) | 1999-08-03 | 2001-05-22 | Ian W. Sorensen | Apparatus and method for generating calibration gas |
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